Variety (October 1919)

MOVING PICTURES Hanr Franklin Is dlrcetlns Mttr Vm- ZiMM in "RAVB* Md BtobMT' .for Valntaia. ■<ilM tlUea At tba next two pletnres of Um H&U - ^^^/H^;'-',::^iNH'B«9n. «• tw I«ImmM not. S Md Nav. IT, '''':-:-:-f^:L%r::n'^'«j^'Bvirilw BueoMir' .MA •.•Pnttjr Soft.** 'flitlM-l^ tovr (Mtorea ■chednM for No- - Mtaber relMM. Th* lint will bt 'Tb* a»y OU Dog," ■Urrlnc 'oi>i> CaiabcrUnd; "▲- ^ Vofflu of Pleaaim^" with BUmIm BwMt iMtarcd: "The Bliht to Ut." m DotWw CU* •IMcba. mad «lMtwii.'' with aftHm Kttfi OoMwya. Is 'Vote.-. Mkt BoUMteltt ku .Mt .ltalmMl.aBd JMmd tiM Banitjr PietnrM aUff u adntlMac MPfHU Th* Apiwiute DlvMon of the Sopna* Onift' of N«w tork bM prohibited th* Hewtt p«bUah> Uona from natof th* worda "Uatt aai'M^**' Herman PhliiipB, eratwbUo ezploltotloa Wnn- •i«r of the B. a Mosa Jefteraon. baa jolaa< te» Pttbtlclty forcea of F. P.-Ur la Baffaio. Tb« Cinema Bxhlbltora* AMoclatloa of Bronx Coaotjr will hold lU aovanth annual antertaln- Md bail At Hunt'a CMnt CUtaOk Ijisd l^Sntlnni Mtnu^, lindv. «»?. • "Oat «< tko Nicht" will bo tfco BBXt 0B«« Tbomat production. John W. NoMo vtU dliMit JttlUt Bwairiia Gorddb will anpport Hammeratela to '^ho Cooatry Coula." Ow«n Uoora had oaopfiM 'fSiMidBIl for Solsnlck. HTrOB Balrnlek win aao pait'of-tba •tudlot aa tha Coaat to tiBOB ItUXUEK JUD SBDI Xnr« If tba Una hooK ttat «nr I «C laoord eemaa late hatnft mOi baTO alaratad tba iBdaatnr traat mara tuaoiitrr to' art, "Tba Kotbtr and Uta taeW most bx ri(bla~ itC Ito artlsUe analUeatiOM taki Ita. vtaM awtt' . or with •natoleraBM^'* tC.WiMi 'aiiJMwa.it' . •Bijr da axoMTpt. ' '-rv, It eaa ataad lS mm wmHk bi Ua aaUntor to anr tttMk w-toto Ito aMM to tha; Ito. feac tai ta MM Mt iHl : MH BWC; nuiciv.at Brar Caitom SarviM tor tia >M i«w yMift kad ap-' polatod u to wi tor oC tW aMWB ddttomi «lvl. alMdttlM'i VMUka anbloet. It ddMatoa fram pwanaattra dacaptioa^ to attaia Itraiiil Btoa^ laatoad, tba author aad'i director hara obaarved tba Inconalatcncj oC; yreaant-dajr lawa, asd, as auob, often drac* loto tta net two Innooent Yiotiina. Through, no fault' at tbeir «WB tbtjr'are at ita mercy imtll '%>. kindlier fata rcaooea then and tnma tbem baefc'* tato a world wMck did Ml ktoltato to nat ■art Kranur took orer the manasament of tha MMt'a llontreal branch laat: wiaoc Uwk laalDr:' to aeblwa the next Norma'VUBUdt* l^aai^ ona of ivilkle ColUna' atorfes, baa been 'attwtod bjr Charter Witbey and Grant Carpen- tor, taaUad oC Ma Snenoa aad Antto X«oa, wtoi mm ipn^riMrir ntoiUiiMd u " ' Uyroa Behmlek baa purcbaaed •C 'Wa Word •( HMMT." nwdtito. It'wm ka AW' Oim. the acreea a aoval by la a ; «obertaon-Cok has; bencbt the Law Cody fea- .' .'Xhtt of th« NIfht," a abort atory br JToaeph- la* IflUer. app«arta« currently la a aatioaal :'parlo<Boal, baa beea'^-c Mf«iMM4^;-toK.' -Qitod ;vTitomaa? uaa by Hyro* WnkC kha toi to" J«ts|*4«f .tha IWUaa. -. ■;• ■ •rrha.Onm XMr," a piar ir due tor toll piodnetloal-.wiU lia i oajthai - - Ittjr. Ttie Fox exploitation department la a apeclal appeal to th«! adiifatota and aohool t»acliert for the Heuy — ' Um "Branreline." CiUford P. Saun, a picture director, formerly with tba Fox enterprlaes, will aaalat Bidsar Lewla la hia productioa of four new da Tha Motion Pietora Prpdoolnr Col eC' America atarted work ea Ita first plctnra thta week at ttia Donxan Hllla atndlo, with Sammy Bama aa tha atar anid Roy IfcCaidell aa tba author of a M :.fwi! ,nal I aiinlli to"«u. Tletioa Owt It eaii right « •xiata la all that li needed which It doea. There la acareel)r anythlns new la It that baa' not been seen In tha untoWlnc oC '"Intolannce,"' perhaps, with tha WMptlOB of ail' acene or two. Tha •Daor Ontf* fe. Jdrtaa fear and Ika I aa.haylik lU wktA tha fliit catosra rei 'hIa pholograpblo'value. Tha .beat thing about It all .la Btarto out .to. pctooh .>!>■■ txH^ that Bareriy arWIth returned to San JPranclaeo . after six montha la Honolnta, whero ka hraaoh manager for tba UnliMra«l .ftr tha what tti''.''."V ■ '>,V '•• ■ ■Hi'.'i' Jamea J, week for. ha will ba Corbett waa in San Francisco laat to a feature pletim la which directed by Joflk Stad.. to tm .Ttaa.alnirti a fceo«d tbr ««lek wock ' of fhii Yellow Boom" waa ' juntoUiood by Baalart for a pr»-rele*ae ahow- :'tos,.'l}eolaIoa waa made in the morning and ^by the follswlns morning ever? aubwajr and »aloTated aUtion la IfaahatUn had a poitar w vtolUM of tba engagement at tba Broadway. . head of the Stuart Btaektoa adapted •Dawn,'* wQI ka to tha r Sam Cohn, exploitation repreaentatlve for tba Baalart. ploturea, arrived In San FraneUco last ; tor'•a Jtxtnaded .'atay: a T. tval. b Sterena, formerly with anpoint^ flsld W. CMflUk wUl tears irttt tha jntolWIltr td aooB tor « trto to ''SM'la'ZiOS' ^th»^ tbird Bast. ^Bea Wiiaon, director of Ballmarit'i aerial, f'^iths Trail of the Oetopua," left for the coaat ftoi^ woek to begin wpck on a saw serial for jillfll^irjama, company..- . mi- Ootdwyn baa algned Booth Tarkington to write a aeriM of "biv" comedies on the order of hIa ^teiW' 30» vleturei will be tw»>' I Md kaoiwa as 'Vilgar" comedies, ,aHl-Bkrd. tlis eartoonlst, has beea glvaa h^ ^npontolMi at tka *PA c&rtooB ■ Mme. Olga Petrora is becoming an author. She baa aold atorlea to kaurt. Sat and Alnalee'a and baa signed a contiaet to. writs srltlcisms for two ptctore Jeumala . Irring Berlin entertained a(^ dinner last week la honor of the third wedding, analveraary of Mr. and Mrs. J^osepb M. Sobendc iQfacilto Tal- to a sevsn-tMl Pearl Sbepard Is to appear .comady liy Frank P. .Domnuk aa airaagfiniut M»ti« has .-'nths Ofal at tka 8aa.r a mntaa^aec Bros, produetlott. wkloh toofc.vnr als moatbs lit ths making to the West Iiid!«« klidlMMa ooia- pleted. Ths story Is by B. Uoyd 8h«ldo% 4- , recUd by J, W. Kelly and pbaCogrMtod iT Jatt ttaakar. Batty HttknA did tlia THE lAW OP NATURE. ^« It is about time someone stepped in and calted:V7i a halt on the anti-boose propaganda films. TbS'' ' country baa gone dry. anrway, aad all the bor> . ; .',< rible examplea that can be abowa tn ths aeresas '~:'^i aro not going to help tba batUo.tor problbitiohV-'^. at thto atogo ol tha gaM* tor irakMtiM toar <f /^ woB Ito'light' .'.'■■ ■**.-r •The lAW dt Nstwa*' is Jagt aboaii llks tba propaganda ptetore^ no bottar, aa;:iranH. 'N It Is a David O. Fischer prodoction; wirlttea' 'vi:: aaid directed hf David O. Fisofaar^ who also acti v: the role of the hero.--'ibe answer aUould be '. 'apparent to ail tboae acquainted with the flliq bnstaeas. How can one man do so many thlngi as are credited to Ur. Fiacber and do them 'ell? The data on which Ur. Fischer baaed bis story was secured frops-klcbmond Pearson Hobaon, so/ ':,. the acresn stotea. B. P. K. did a bctt<»r Job. . - > wkMi Jto sunk tho "UMrtmao" to 8Blltlag» ' ;)^-; Hhibor 'thaa: when ho sunk thls stonr Utto Vut^^\ -brata'':ttfvl4r,'-'Flaohsr. ■ , Th* ' Any to'ths - datna^ that boose can dS ./^v'. .to a-young-man. The whole being a lively racei «^ain post to Judge's stand between Demoit '-'-A Bam''asid . the undertakeor, With a brother, a ./i etdpto be lively road bouses, a sprinkling «f oops,' mMer, forgsry and a few dgbta. These lU hava 'bseii tUM !»>''» JMMM «p. oiaaasr tO '''-^^ glys esoHM to» tli* stth4ttlss'that «ro oaplpyed. OtMUn nCTUBE HEWS. raa A^Miia. OcL to. ' >*vs eseHMto» tli* sttb-tttlss'that are oaplpyed. .^;| burton OambU^ ^^^'^.'^^ -JS^^ I- arrlvsd to support Pauline Frederick. w^mnia ■» swrey. w uoi. ...q ••Cblek*' CoUIns, fresh flora th^ wan^ dlnclog^ 'Uto Paa Alley," a Fox Albert Ray-Bllnor iwodaotton, has been completed Biara dtoMtloa. • i ■ to at I,sw Cod7 to cbswing bis musthchs and read- tog scenarios, looking for a good one. WllUam Lord Wright to in Olendal* with ths. there'seems to have been'no attempt to^ keep things running according to Hoyle. The company appoara to be eompoasd princlpftUy ktoatsurg, vjudtto* fimi Unto <i«flt «. K^^p?:i-i';-.;.tolto •Dara. Blngto^ ^kuw-'ptaoid ^'iligrir " .^Mta .pair Howard Mitchell bf «ntsbed Peggy Hytond's Utest. "Auld fkam •.atoqr by J. A. Boach. Beatrice Joy will play Oppotlto Ban Lyfill la "Ths BIf ht of Way.? isena Keefo will support Owen Moors to his plcturizatlon' of P. O. Wodehouae's 8atiir< day Evening Post novel, "Piccadilly Jim." Kalph Ince wilt direct Bugsns fyBrlsn la his next Selznick pi-odaoUoob Money," by May Tulty. •Ths law of "Utiiilinff to absolutely against all towa of flhntoia juA Inidly shapes up for anythliii aatoH tt>.ieinii|. hwitos. .wksw. tta» don't saato''to''dtod drfdp' aiMt-i|Hi^^''-^', Bay Hottoii, who bad become a Lasky .trade- BMuk, has quit that organisation and has signsd wllk Ctoidwya. '. Josepk Henabery haa bsoa ongidad briLouto B. Mayir to dlnot Mm. Chartai apsaetr Chap* Ua andiad Hanin '' Harry Singer has Jolnad the ■i A. J. Stasny Music Co. ba •Tka , Liniaa Hall, ths Ingenue of ploturea. Is at ' pressot with ibs Ooldwya atudto at .Oirim Olty, im'. ■■ ■ ba "At tka MatioBat ' to wbtok Osa* toisna^ ^^'4Mto :. Harry El. Wild, who waa recently discharged iftoa the sarvlce. Is back directing for Goldwyn. . iosspk BtosI has boen appolntsd bead of tba First NMtoitol'.'•It'' Tom Mix's next Fox releass will XTntamed," by Max Bnuidl*. Mooro In the support Alma Rubens has been signed by the Cos- mopolitan Productions. Her first will be a dim adaptation of one of Fannie Hurst's Bast rradk Bunco wlU dltoet. dlrsot Bto flnt r-Saasrt at Whsal" Charlotte Walker to appearing before the < „ ara tor ths American st Santa Barbara. Wbselir to the'mals lead.- Barto WlUlama hag ddghsA tor Vita Bl«ek dato,'^' °a myatary yam br Sllltord Booth. Tltagrapk wUl.prodnoa a apsetol ot ptay, •«b»«,' Bwitt" Myrsa Selsnlek. ^ Xoba W. Noble has been signed by Behmlek as director. His first wUl bs'a' O'Brlsa fsatara as' yet unUtlsd. B. B^ BitoM .lMS. basn given ebaiffa tt tba Bdward B. Moffat haa been appointed ad- Tortlslng manager of Valvsraal to saoossd Nat a Batbatolifc rwUrasd. . Alfred Allen, by the way, who has portrayed aeorss of obaraoter and heavy roles for Unl- ttnUi kag" istt-;OMl Tiasmmis. Bdna GUI. sister of Clara Williams, U 111 at ths Wsstlaks Hospital whUs sistsr Clara to to B. HammoBd has besa of Bslsnlok PtetUTSSL 1. W. Kerrigan Is negotiating with Henry Hsrb Xx MbaJjM 'Ths Tang of Ufa." aa Arl- Waltor Bdwards will dlreot Bthel aaytsa .|k.n«iaB'll(ih..Wk^kn^ . "Beoop"—bag pardon.^ BlU Bhrfa agptottatloa Paul Hubsrt—Conloa. sngluoer^ to a proud MBDVBOHHtEI^ There are so oisiiy things ib do besldeo won* der what on earth gets Mary MaoLarSa by on the screen, better lot It go at that. Oet by aha does. She has youth, a. certain placid calm that to undeniably a^tracUvSk aad possibly the fact' tbst ihs never sosma. oensolously to ha. acting may be addsd to this ondlt aids of any:' •C 'bsr as a agrssa'atar, bat ksT : bdld'oB <kt iHiMIS ' toirft -'rtlll': aomswhat after seeinc iMir tt° Vhlvsnikni i tatton of a novel by Bdary O, BawtoM'saUsd. •■Auld Jeremiah." The film, vsrsion to "Bonnie Bonnie .lAsile" and Tod Browahtg, who directed It. has oTer> looked so many bets It is painful to number them. Ha might have mads a very charming and so-ealtad "toBf*; plBlaMaf tkto. bat ha haa: niassd akaBiM''attar .shoat-to work Is prttty dad ktf gNBurto to dlid fll knii. to* Thil phStografky to adaqnUi*. onoagh, tbs acting, poor, David Butler never app^uvd to such disadvantage. He suggests ths fool^ heddedness old Jeremiah objected to in his fav- orite nephew, but lltti* of that young man's charm. Spottlswooda AJtken is not suited to disagreeable parts, though he must be glad to pl^ one occ a slo naU y after ths sugary bito he Is usually hsadid. Ths 8to*r 'l*lli baw tba graalMaadhtar 'sC a tnaliky Seotdi koa-aoager estos to this Vrr and deoldsd to go to work. Old Jcramlah wanted hsr to marry bis aephsw, but she wouldn't Eventually, however, sbs' beoomei the nephew's partner In a sign patoting tour and tbsy aro married. The Idea waa well worked out by Rowland to prtol, but in tta*'. dim version It Is anconvinolng..:.Th* markei'' stats Is aneb, however, that It win get tr'Wsll '' .«i■agk..a|:.:•'.«•to^,.4^ .-. ^."liili- ■'.' ' '■ ;/*:s*'i"*.-